Is Din Tai Fung Overrated? An Exploration of DTF and XLB

Din Tai Fung is one of the most well-regarded chain restaurants in the world, and in 2025, the DTF experience finally arrived in Vancouver, setting up shop in a frankly enormous location on Alberni. One year into operation, your brave hosts set out to see if these world famous Xiao Long Bao could possibly live up to the worldwide hype and talk through their complicated, somewhat muted feelings on a wide swath of the Din Tai Fung menu. May contain peanuts. Don't forget to rate, review, subscri...